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Federal Prosecutors Won’t Charge S.C. Deputy Who Tossed Student

by Jeffrey CollinsJanuary 13, 2017January 25, 2022

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors won’t charge a deputy who was recorded tossing a student out of a desk at a South Carolina high school after she refused to give up […]

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Black S.C. Student is Charged after Being Tossed from Desk by White Cop—Parents Protest

by Stephanie CornishDecember 17, 2015January 25, 2022

Screeshot from video of Richland County deputy Ben Fields yanking a 16-year-old female student from her desk. (YouTube) COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group of Black parents plans to present […]

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Sheriff: White School Officer Fired after Tossing Black Student in Class

by Stephanie CornishOctober 28, 2015January 25, 2022

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A deputy was fired Wednesday after video showed him flipping a teen backward out of her desk and tossing her across a classroom, with the sheriff […]

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Feds Probing S.C. Videotaped Arrest of Disruptive Student

by Stephanie CornishOctober 27, 2015January 25, 2022

This undated photo provided by the Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department shows school resource officer Senior Deputy Ben Fields, in Columbia, S.C. The Justice Department opened a civil rights probe […]

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